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单词 selfly
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selflyadj.

Brit. /ˈsɛlfli/, U.S. /ˈsɛlfli/
Forms: see self n. and -ly suffix1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self n., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: < self n. + -ly suffix1.Re-formed in the 16th cent.
1. Spontaneous; voluntary. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > proceeding from free will
selflyOE
self-willOE
willesOE
needlessc1225
wilninga1250
wilfulc1374
voluntaryc1449
spontany1532
voluntarious1532
spontaneal1602
voluntaire1615
self-willing1625
ultroneous1637
unimposed1642
elective1643
spontaneous1656
contingent1660
unmechanic1709
volitient1844
unmechanical1865
OE Glosses to Colloquies of Ælfric Bata (St. John's Oxf. 154) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 224/2 Ultroneo affectu : sylflicre lu[fe].
OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 233 Spontanee uoluntatis : ultronee, uoluntarię, selflices [OE Digby 146 sylflices] willan.
2. That is directed towards or concerned with the self; self-centred. rare.
ΚΠ
1550 J. Harington tr. Cicero Bk. Freendeship f. 7 For a man to be greuously troubled for his owne losses, it is selfly loue, and not frendly loue [L. non amicum sed se ipsum amantis est].
1905 M. A. Karr Heavenly Voice 185 Why [do we] grieve Thee by the sordid, selfly quest?
2004 J. A. Gosetti-Ferencei Heidegger, Hölderlin, & Subj. Poetic Lang. iii. 100 Uncomplicated by worldly and selfly concerns of the poet as individual.
3. With possessive its: its own ——. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > relating to self > belonging to oneself, itself, etc.
selfOE
propera1325
selfly1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 174 [The phœnix] re-ingendred of it's selfly seed [Fr. né de sa semence].
4. a (also one) selfly: one and the same. Cf. one self at self pron., adj., n., and adv. Phrases 1. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > [adjective]
the ilkeOE
selfeOE
oneOE
no nothera1325
that ilk (thilk) same1390
one self?a1425
selfsamec1425
the same self1503
proper1523
one (and the) selfsame1531
self-said1548
one and the same1551
identical1581
the same very1590
the very same1597
individuala1602
individually the same1604
a (also one) selfly1605
very1611
same1621
numerical1624
numeric1663
identic1664
synonymous1789
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 493 Where, as (by Art) one selfly blast [Fr. vn mesme vent] breath'd out From panting bellowes, passeth all-about.
1611 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) i. iii. 69 Seuerally, and of a selfly motion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

selflyadv.

Forms: see self pron., adj., n., and adv. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < self adj. + -ly suffix2.
Obsolete.
1. Especially, particularly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb]
hurec893
sunderlyeOE
highlyOE
namelya1200
sunderlepesa1200
sunderlepea1225
specialc1230
specially1340
specially1340
serelya1375
principallyc1390
especially?a1400
rathestc1400
singularlyc1430
selfly1503
singular1530
enspecial1534
inespecially1557
nearly1560
peculiarly1561
inespecial1569
especial1591
speciouslya1616
nominately1641
chief1645
perpendicularly1658
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adverb] > emphasizing an extreme case
forthe971
yetOE
selfly1503
self-like1556
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > even
selfly1503
even1593
1503 T. Lewington tr. Art of Good Lywyng & Good Deyng iii. sig. riiij/2 The segund cheptur shal tractye of the fyrst payne of hel selfly [Fr. mesmement] of certayn Welly[is] the qwych the saowllys of prydful men et prydful Woman ar hangyth.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ei We knowe selfely (neiz), the soueraygne lyghtnesse to be darked of a lyght cloude.
1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. M3 Selfley [Sp. especialmente] at this owre whan plaintes and wepinges seakes my.
2.
a. In oneself; in one's heart. Also: in itself; inherently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adverb]
freelyeOE
wilfullyc1000
by one's willOE
of oneselfOE
self-willesOE
of one's own willOE
willyOE
with one's willc1175
voluntarilyc1374
wilfulc1380
of one's own heada1393
willea1400
willilya1400
of (free) voluntyc1402
of or at one's (own) voluntyc1402
of one's own motion1419
of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill?a1425
on one's own heada1425
of (also by, on, upon) one's own accorda1450
activelyc1454
willinglyc1475
voluntary1480
liberallya1500
of one's own swinge1548
voluntariously1550
voluntarlyc1568
for favour1574
at voluntary1585
of, out of, upon, or at (a person's) own voluntary1585
selfly1595
motu proprio1603
ultroneously1627
unimposedly1647
spontaneously1660
needlessly1710
unmechanically1764
1595 R. Southwell St. Peters Complaint 8 Selfely dismayde I neither fought, nor lost, I gaue the field.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 70 Selfely too-weake for the least waight's foundation.
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 4 His Right to the Crown is not Natural, or selfly Hereditary.
1915 H. L. Chapin Poems & Plays 207 There is no..up or down, or Time's temporial sway; 'Tis one vast endless hoop and selfly blessed By truth that can't decay.
b. By itself; independently. Also: of one's own accord or free will.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > [adverb] > operating independently or spontaneously
selfly1605
spontaneously1658
spontaneous1667
automatically1757
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 290 A Forrest thicke..Which selfely opening [etc.].
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 272 With greatest grauity, meeknesse and loue he nourisheth them, selfely to correct their errors.
1696 R. Gordon Astrologia Reformata Ep. Ded. 14 Not..any greater Favour or Esteem..than what their proper Merit shall be able selfly to procure them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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